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In his acclaimed debut novel, Durham adds a new dimension to the frontier narrative. Gabriel, the teenaged son of an emancipated slave, travels west with his mother, who is lured by the promise of unclaimed land. Despising life as a farmer, Gabriel runs away with a dangerous band of cowboys. But hindered by youth and inexperience, he must escape the racism and brutality that surround him.
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Four men--Jess Donner, a Rebel and Southern gentleman; Steve Ellsworth, a ladies man with a foul temper; Stu Wilkens, a Yankee; and Heck Myers, a teller of tall tales--find their friendship sorely tested by a dance hall girl and a gang of outlaws. The four friends have traveled to Dodge City to rest their saddle-weary bodies, but trouble erupts between them and some less than reputable characters over the attentions of a dance hall girl. If the boys...
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Finally realizing his dream of becoming one of the largest landholders in southern Arizona with the help of his friend Don Francisco, retired gunslinger Tom Navarro finds himself back in the action when a rival ranch owner is accused of murdering Don, putting Tom in the middle of a range war.
5) Blood Lands
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USA Today best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize nominee Ralph Cotton tells an 1865 tale of a Kansas woman victimized by murderous marauders. As Julie Wilder races to greet her father, she sees his ashen face and fixed stare too late to escape the hooded nightriders who suddenly surround her. When bounty hunter Baines Meredith discovers her the next day-battered, bleeding, and barely alive-he covers her nakedness and gently cares for her. But can...
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A towering legend among chroniclers of the Old West, Ralph Compton penned searing tales of the highest entertainment. In this fast-paced actioner, Detective Sergeant John McBride gets while the gettin's good when a New York gangster puts a price on his head. But after landing in High Hopes, Colorado, McBride quickly finds that his troubles with the criminal sect are just beginning.
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Acclaimed Texas historian, Mike Kearby packs his Westerns with vivid details and characters straight off the plains. After outlaw Tig Hardy kidnaps his wife Clara, ex-soldier Free Anderson feels his blood boiling. Teaming with Parks Scott, Free embarks on a stirring quest for vengeance, with plenty of iron on his hip and time running out.
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"Lawrence Shaw is known as the fastest gun alive--and it's no exaggeration. But after he guns down thieves and recovers a fortune in stolen gold at Fire River, being the fastest may not be enough. Garris 'the Cat' Cantro and his Border Dogs are more than thieves. They're an army--remnants of the Confederacy who will fight, steal, and kill to the last man. And with so much gold to be had, they'll spill the blood of anyone who stands against them. That's...
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The son of a prosperous Arizona rancher, Boone Scott is content to raise cattle for the rest of his days. Not his brother, Eppley. Dangerously dissatisfied, he plots to take over the family ranch. When Epp pays an assassin to kill him, Boone's lightning-quick hands leave a fistful of dead men behind. Unaware of his brother's treachery, Boone flees and faces danger from hired gunmen, rustlers, and wild Apaches. If he can survive, he just might come...
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Something monstrous is terrorizing loggers in the Redwoods. So when a timber baron puts a bounty on its head, all manner of miscreants come out of the woodwork, guns blazing, to score a quick buck. But Frank Morgan doesn't cotton to local superstition or misfiring buffoons--and he means to find out just what the Sam Hill is going on.
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In the lawless West, Frank Morgan is the type of man you want on your side in a fight. But when he ventures into town--trouble always seems to find him. And now, treachery abounds as oil drillers encroach on local ranches, and violence erupts at every turn.
14) Chasing the sun
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When her father disappears in war-torn Mississippi, Hannah Dandridge finds herself responsible not only for her younger siblings but for the ranch her father recently acquired on the Texas plains. Though a marriage of convenience could ease her predicament, she determines to trust God for direction.
Wounded soldier William Barnett returns to his home only to discover that his family's ranch has been seized. Though angry and bitter at this turn of...
15) Touching the sky
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When Laura's sister, Carissa, marries her Confederate beau, Laura finds herself in a difficult situation when she overhears plots to kill Union soldiers. Though in her heart she feels she should share this information with Union officer -- and -- romantic interest Brandon Reid, Laura fears she will betray her sister's trust and possibly endanger her sister's life.
16) Mojave
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"Micah Bishop is rescued in the Mohave Desert and hired to escort two dozen brides to the mining town of Calico, but he soon finds that things are not as they seem"--
17) Brother's keeper
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The life of a cowboy suits Thalis Christie just fine. A puncher for the Crescent H in Texas, he loves what he does and is damn good at it too. He doesn't even mind being away from his family -- he's got good friends to keep him from getting too homesick. That is, until his folks write, imploring him to hunt down his brother, Myles, who's been shot while prospecting in the Black Hills. Thalis sets out to do his family duty and find his little brother...
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"Owen Burnett's needs are small. All he's ever wanted is his wife's affection, his children's health, and a little plot of land to farm. Still, he's no fool. So when his neighbor Gareth Kurst makes him a business proposition, one that could leave him richer than he's ever dreamed, he can't refuse giving the risky scheme a try. Rounding up cattle up in the Texas Hill Country is nothing to take on lightly. Between the Comanches roaming the countryside...
19) Outlaw town
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There's trouble on the trail drive in this Ralph Compton western... Chancy Gantry and Ollie Teal are honest cowpunchers, riding herd on fifteen hundred longhorns from Texas to Kansas. Their trail boss, Lucas Stout, is tough but fair. He's never lost a hand on a drive and doesn't aim to start now. So when a cowhand needs a sawbones bad, Stout sends Chancy and Ollie to escort the man to a town called Prosperity, which none of them has ever heard of....
20) Valley of bones
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"A landmark feat of innovation is about to change the American West. A new telegraph system will connect the settlers of the Arizona Territory to rest of the country--a dream come true for rancher Chet Byrnes and his family. But stretching four hundred miles of electric cable from the Colorado River to Gallup, New Mexico, can be a deadly task, and Chet has to deal with hired henchmen who would kill to sabotage the project. Then a pair of outlaws from...